Joplin, Janis (Personal Name)

Cheap thrills. [Phonodisc] 1968.

New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Joplin, Janis (Lyn); b. Jan. 19, 1943, Port Arthur, TX, d. Oct. 4, 1970, Hollywood, CA; blues and rock singer)

Joplin, J. Pearl [SR] 1999: insert (Janis Joplin; nicknamed Pearl)

All music guide online, viewed December 13, 2010 (Janis Joplin; female rock and blues singer; frontwoman for San Francisco psychedelic band Big Brother & the Holding Company, 1966-1968; solo act, 1968-1970; b. Port Arthur, Tex.; died in Hollywood)